Classes
The Kingfisher Class were very excited to be picking out their potatoes that they had planted weeks ago. They searched the soil picking out the potatoes. When they had found them all they counted how many they had. Some pots had over 100 potatoes. Great counting by Kingfishers! After counting them they then weighed them and with their […]
Today the Swans and Owls kiddles went to London for a Roald Dahl experience. First stop was the South Bank Centre to see ‘Wondercrump’, a magical interactive journey revealing the secrets of Dahl’s extraordinary life. With a fair amount of frothbugglingness it was a gloriumptious experience! After a crodscollopping lunch we splatch-winkled over to the Theatre […]
On a very wet day at Trinity Park, some of our students, staff and parents (& grandparents) braved the weather to see our 3m x 3m garden at the Suffolk Show. We met and talked to the judges and awaited the results; we were delighted to receive a ‘gold award’ and were presented with a framed certificate together with some new […]
The School Council met on Thursday to talk to Mrs Ellingham. Mrs Ellingham has been working on improving the play area in the village. All the children in the school completed a questionnaire giving their ideas and thoughts on what they liked and disliked about the existing play area and what they would like to see […]
Swans have been busy designing a garden for the Suffolk Show based around the theme ‘A slice of Suffolk history’. The chosen design featured Boudicca’s trip through Suffolk en route to Colchester. Two children from Swans class and a parent helper joined Mr Wheals to prepare and plant the garden ready for judging on Wednesday […]
On Thursday afternoon, our school hosted a Dodgeball Tournament. Shotley and Capel St Mary schools brought 2 teams each of Year 3 & 4 children to join 2 teams from our school. The children enjoyed three different types of dodgeball games and played really well both individually and as teams. Thank you to our Year 5 […]
This week in DT the Woodpeckers have been designing their own rainforest animal made out of fruit. They have thought about healthy eating and chosen a rainforest animal each to recreate using just fruit. The children looked at lots of different types of fresh fruit and compared the difference between fresh and tinned fruit. Once they […]
Four children from the Owls class represented our school at the recent mini-tennis competition held at East Bergholt High School. Each child had 3 singles matches and some doubles matches too. The children played well and came away with the Bronze certificate.
Today the Kingfisher children took part in an ‘Animal Challenge Afternoon’ with a family member. The children and adults worked together planning what animal they would make from the rainforest or jungle. They made their animals from recycled materials. There was lots of cutting, sticking and painting. When they had finished creating their animals they wrote an evaluation. The […]
Woodpecker class have been learning about habitats and micro habitats. They have looked at different world habitats, and compared the animals that lived there. They have been learning about microhabitats, paying particular interest to the mini beasts and other animals that could be found there. The Woodpeckers have been exploring the outdoor area to look at pond and […]
The children and staff were allowed to wear their favourite footwear to school, as they participated in ‘Favourite Footwear Day’ part of ‘Walk to School Week’.The children and staff wore lots of different footwear including slippers, trainers, shoes and boots. The children were asked to donate £1 in return for wearing their favourite shoes. We raised over £50 which will […]
The children, parents and staff joined together to participate in ‘Walk to School Week’. The JRSO’s organised the event asking for children and parents to try and walk to school and to make Strickmere a car free zone for the week. Everyday this week staff have been providing a ‘walking bus’ from both ends of Strickmere. The […]